Motorhead in Atlanta 1/27

[Ted O. Jackson]

>
>      Apologies to those on IROCK who've seen this before...
>      _______________________________________________________
>
>      Lemmy and the boys played an *amazing* headline show here at the
>      Masquerade on Saturday night.  Now back to a trio format, they really
>      cooked. Phil Campbell's guitar playing was great, very much in the
>      vein of Fast Eddie Clark (lots of bluesy licks and rockabilly mixed in
>      with the shredding). Lemmy's playing was great as well...lots of thick
>      bass chords coming out of his Rickenbacher (and running through wah
>      wah pedals!...now I know how he kept up with the Hawkwind guys!)
>
>
>      setlist (12:01-1:27):
>
>      Ace of Spades
>      Sex and Death
>      I'm So Bad (Baby I don't Care)
>      Over Your Shoulder
>      Metropolis
>      On Your Feet or On Your Knees
>      Stay Clean
>      Liar
>      Burner
>      The Chase is Better than the Catch
>      I Ain't No Nice Guy
>      Born to Raise Hell
>      Nothing Up My Sleeve
>      Orgasmatron
>      Sacrifice
>      Going to Brazil
>      Killed by Death
>      Bomber
>
>      Encores:
>
>      Iron Fist
>      Overkill
>
>      highlights were a spooky "Orgasmatron", a feedback laden "Overkill",
>      and "Killed By Death".  Whole show was quite good and consistent from
>      start to end. Only 3 tunes from the new album, though. Lemmy really
>      rocks for a 50 year old...his bass playing was quite impressive
>      throughout the set.
>
>      Really wished they'd played "No Voices in the Sky" and "Motorhead",
>      but ya can't have everything!
>
>      Mitch


Mitch,
How big a venue was this?  I saw them as part of 'Operation Rock and
Roll' with Judas Priest headlining.  That would have been around '90-
91 somewhere in there.  It was a huge outdoor show, and Motorhead
damn near stole the show.
theo